Ecumenical and Interreligious Report (Sept 2024 – 2025)

Ecumenical and Interreligious Report (Sept 2024 – Sept 2025) The Rev. Dr. Daniel DeForest London It’s an honor to serve as your Ecumenical and Interreligious Officer and I am grateful to our previous Ecumenical Officer, the Rev. Bill Rontani, for his wisdom, counsel, and leadership in this role over the past several years. The purpose […]

the Rich Man & Lazarus according to Bonaventure and Francis

Readings for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 21 – Year C – Track 2) Amos 6:1a,4-7 Psalm 146 1 Timothy 6:6-19 Luke 16:19-31 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on September 28, 2025. As we continue to move through the Season of Creation, I feel invited to continue my sermon series […]

Sauntering with Lancelot Andrewes

Readings for the Feast of Lancelot Andrewes Isaiah 11:1-9 Psalm 63:1–7 1 Timothy 2:1–7 Luke 11:1–4 This reflection was shared at Sacred Saunter Outdoor Eucharist on Saturday September 27, 2025 at Sequoia Park during the Season of Creation Not to be confused with the legendary knight of Camelot, Lancelot Andrewes was a 17th century Anglican bishop […]

Saint Francis the Good Shepherd

Readings for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 19 – Year C – Track 2) Exodus 32:7-14 Psalm 51:1-11 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Luke 15:1-10 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on September 14, 2025. Last Sunday, I spoke about St. Francis as the one disciple who took Christ seriously and literally. Yesterday, […]

THe Holy Cross and St. FRancis

Readings for the Feast Day of the Holy Cross Isaiah 45:21-25 Galatians 6:14-18 John 12:31-36a Psalm 98:1-4 This reflection was shared at Sacred Saunter Outdoor Eucharist on Saturday September 13, 2025 at Sequoia Park during the Season of Creation Today we celebrate the Eve of the Feast of the Holy Cross, which is the Tree […]

the Disciple who Took Christ Seriously

Readings for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18 – Year C – Track 2) Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Psalm 1 Philemon 1-21 Luke 14:25-33 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on September 7, 2025. Today we celebrate, for the first time in Christ Church Eureka history, the first Sunday of the Season of […]

Embracing Philoxenia and Overcoming Xenophobia (with Baucis and Philemon)

Readings for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 17 – Year C – Track 2) Proverbs 25:6-7 Psalm 112 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 Luke 14:1, 7-14 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on August 31, 2025. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing so some have entertained angels (Hebrews […]